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participatory arts, social change, dramaturgy, performer training, cultural participation

Biography

Curator of Learning Processes | Researcher | Dramaturg
contact || elvira.crois@vub.be
https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/elvira-crois

Elvira Crois works as an assistant professor and postdoctoral researcher in arts education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Their research focuses on worldmaking within and via participatory arts, in particular how tacit participation strategies affect aesthetics of audience participation and are used in playful education for social change. Elvira's research interests include participatory practice, arts education and social change, performer training, somatic and collective tacit knowledge, group dynamics and audience participation, and the commons.

PhD thesis 'Holding [ a Conversation with ] The Situation: The Performer's Tactical Ability and the Aesthetic Affect of Audience Participation (2022).

Elvira connects knowledges and people, whether via academic research, dramaturgy, or as curator of learning processes. Via participatory and collaborative processes, they create opportunities for the arts, education, the sociocultural field, and youth work to meet, both in national and international contexts.

Activities

Employment (2)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussels, BE

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Universiteit Antwerpen: Antwerpen, BE

2017-10-01 to 2021-09-30 | PhD Fellow Theatre Studies
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussels, BE

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Works (43)

Activism requires Ecosystems (and how to regenerate our ecologies of change?)

Thought Provokers on Ecosystems
2025 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Cave Comic

2025 | Other | Chair or Translator
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Contributors: Bob Lundgreen; Elvira Crois; Sophie Verheyden; Serge Delaby; Christophe Delaere; Yves Quinif
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Does your activism really make a difference? What's the best way to start?

2025 | Other
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Contributors: Petra H. Svennevig; Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Find the people that care about the same things as you which could be people you wouldn't normally choose to hang out with, you know.

2025 | Other
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Contributors: Bob Lundgreen; Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The only thing I know is that I can't just stay still and not do anything.

2025 | Other
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Contributors: Leonor Silva; Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

The snow has changed in texture and is sticking to the dogs' paws when they run...

2025 | Other
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Contributors: Julie Hauge; Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Thought Provokers on Ecosystems

2025 | Report | Editor
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

How to Work with the Ecosystem of the Room?

2024 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Kiemen van verzet

2024 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Van de Ven Annelies; Valerie De Craene; Kawtar El Abdellati; Verhoeven Emma; Pieter Maeseele; Camille Noûs
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Regeneratieve ecologieën in speels en (toe)gewijd activisme

2024-05-16 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Regenerative Ecologies in Playful and Sacred Activism

2024-05-16 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

From “The Cotton Wool” to Criticality: Unpacking FC Bergman’s The Sheep Song

Critical Arts
2024-02-26 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Geert Vandermeersche; Elvira Crois; Line Dalile; Sara Demeny; Camille Dumont; Aline Verbeke; Free De Backer
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A Fluid Aesthetics of Audience Participation

European Journal of Theatre and Performance
2023 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Free De Backer
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Holding a Conversation with the Situation

In the Mirror of Care Work
2023 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-3-9821395-4-8
Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Kunst- en cultuureducatie: een go-between tussen kunst en publiek

2023 | Website | Author
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Contributors: Free De Backer; Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Worldmaking: Crafting Spaces With and For Young People. Report Community of Practice 2023

2023 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Marieke Breyne
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

A repertoire of touch in participatory choreography

Theatre, Dance and Performance Training
2023-04-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Elvira Crois
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A queer curation of audience participation

Peripeti
2022 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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University of Antwerp

Guides Are Many Things

2022 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Holding [ a Conversation with ] the Situation The Performer’s Tactical Ability and the Aesthetic Affect of Audience Participation

2022 | Dissertation or Thesis | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Holding [a conversation with] the situation

2022 | Dissertation or Thesis | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Luk Van den Dries; Timmy De Laet; Free De Backer
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University of Antwerp

Tacit Knowledges of Tactical Ability

Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), Colchester, United Kingdom, 12/09/22
2022 | Conference abstract | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Free De Backer
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Wereldmaken

ASSITEJ Magazine
2022 | Newspaper article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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University of Antwerp

Worldmaking

ASSITEJ Magazine
2022 | Newspaper article | Author
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University of Antwerp

Worldmaking

2022 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Worldmaking: Crafting Spaces With and For Young People. Report Community of Practice 2022

2022 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Marieke Breyne
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Worldmaking: Crafting Spaces With and For Young People. Report Digital Worldmaking

2022 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Worldmaking: werelden scheppen met en voor jongeren

2022-12 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Marieke Breyne
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het houden van [ een gesprek met ] de situatie

2022-05 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Holding [ a Conversation with ] the Situation

2022-05 | Other | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

A macrogenetic approach to study participatory performance

IFTR 2021 Galway Virtual Conference Working Group – Processus De Création. La Génétique De La Représentation
2021 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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University of Antwerp

Participatieve praktijken op het kruispunt van kunst en jeugdwerk

DH-Magazine
2021 | Newspaper article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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University of Antwerp

Participatory Practice: Bridging Youth Work and the Arts. Report Poetic Podcast Sessions 2021

2021 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Marieke Breyne
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Thought Provokers on Participatory Practice

2021 | Report | Editor
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Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Wanneer rotsen zacht worden

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2021 | Newspaper article | Author
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Contributors: Aline Verbeke; Elvira Crois; Lisa Matthys
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University of Antwerp

Participatory Practice: Bridging Youth Work and the Arts. Report Remote Training 2020

2020 | Report | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Marieke Breyne
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Responsible combodying: the intelligence of discomfort in guiding interactive performance

Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance
2020-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Elvira Crois
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Bearing collective learning processes: an inquiry into commoning knowledge

Reclaiming study practices: paper presented at Reclaiming Study Practices. Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference, KU leuven, Leuven, 18-20 September 2019 / Custers, B. [edit.]; et al.
2019 | Conference paper
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Elvira Crois

In dissensus, we trust: prototyping social relationships in participatory theatre

Sharing society: the impact of collaborative collective actions in the transformation of contemporary societies / Tejerina, B. [edit.]; et al.
2019 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-84-9082-678-2
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Elvira Crois

Een leven pellen als een artisjok: sensitief theater en presence

Documenta : mededelingen van het Documentatiecentrum voor Dramatische Kunst Gent
2015 | Journal article
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Elvira Crois

Voorbij de kroniek. Over het belang van theatertijdschriften

Documenta
2015 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Thomas Crombez; Sofie de Smet; Sébastien Hendrickx; Christel Stalpaert; Kristof Van Baarle; Pieter Vermeulen
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Voorbij de kroniek: over het belang van theatertijdschriften

Documenta : mededelingen van het Documentatiecentrum voor Dramatische Kunst Gent
2015 | Journal article
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Elvira Crois

Attending to disattunement

Artistic output or performance | Author
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Contributors: Elvira Crois; Marieke Breyne; Troels Jensen
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University of Antwerp